Saturday, April 9
San Antonio, TX
11 AM
Rice University
4
at
2
UTSA
Singles Surge Lift Owls Past Roadrunners
4/9/2022 8:50:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Great delivers clinch point
In Brief: Rice stormed back from a 2-1 deficit with three singles wins to down UTSA 4-2 in San Antonio on Saturday. Rice improved to 11-11 on the season while UTSA fell to 11-10.
Doubles: Rice grabbed the early advantage by winning matches at the second and third lines to take a 1-0 lead.
Singles: The Roadrunners stormed back from doubles to take five of six first sets, three of them in tiebreakers, to ramp up the pressure on the Owls. UTSA held its advantage on a pair of courts, taking wins at the second and fourth lines, but Rice had a response of its own on the remaining courts. Haoyuan Huang shook of a 6-1 loss in his first set, rebounding swiftly to win in three sets and tie the match, 2-2. Fellow freshman Emir Sendogan, who won his first set in a tiebreaker, followed shortly after with a straight-set win to put the Owls ahead to stay. Sophomore Trinity Grear delivered the clinching point by dropping only five games over his final two sets at the sixth line.
Up Next: The Owls will close out the 2022 regular season schedule next weekend. They will travel to Dallas on Saturday to face SMU in the annual Turpin Cup match and then return home on Sunday to host Incarnate Word on Senior Day.
Doubles: Rice grabbed the early advantage by winning matches at the second and third lines to take a 1-0 lead.
Singles: The Roadrunners stormed back from doubles to take five of six first sets, three of them in tiebreakers, to ramp up the pressure on the Owls. UTSA held its advantage on a pair of courts, taking wins at the second and fourth lines, but Rice had a response of its own on the remaining courts. Haoyuan Huang shook of a 6-1 loss in his first set, rebounding swiftly to win in three sets and tie the match, 2-2. Fellow freshman Emir Sendogan, who won his first set in a tiebreaker, followed shortly after with a straight-set win to put the Owls ahead to stay. Sophomore Trinity Grear delivered the clinching point by dropping only five games over his final two sets at the sixth line.
Up Next: The Owls will close out the 2022 regular season schedule next weekend. They will travel to Dallas on Saturday to face SMU in the annual Turpin Cup match and then return home on Sunday to host Incarnate Word on Senior Day.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3
#1 Singles Match
123
166
Joao Ceolin / 0 [UTSA]
624
#2 Singles Match
12
65
Tiago Torres / 0 [UTSA]
77
#3 Singles Match
12
76
Sebastian Rodriguez / 0 [UTSA]
64
#4 Singles Match
12
30
Javier Gonzalez / 0 [UTSA]
66
#5 Singles Match
1234
6620
Danijal Muminovic / 0 [UTSA]
740UF
#6 Singles Match
123
666
Garrett Skelly / 0 [UTSA]
732
Order of Finish:
4,2,1,3,6
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